Where does “puțișoară” come from?
puțișoară (Romanian) comes from Romanian puță, from Romanian pulă, from Latin pulla, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European polHwós, from Proto-Indo-European pelH- — pale, gray.
Ancestry of “puțișoară”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | puță | dicky, wiener, pee-pee, thingy; a small or... |
| 2 | Romanian | pulă | dick, cock; dick, dickhead; nobody |
| 3 | Latin | pulla | nominative feminine singular of pullus;... |
| 4 | Latin | pullus | A young animal; darling; dark-colored; dusky |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | polHwós | pale, gray |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelH- | pale, gray |